June 04, 2021
A federal judge dismissed a Washington marijuana business' constitutional challenge to Oklahoma's requirement that medical marijuana license holders be from the state, saying Friday the suit was "not frivolous" but the court wouldn't assist a business in breaking federal law.
May 13, 2021
The state of Oklahoma once again defended its residency rules for medical cannabis licensees, telling a federal judge on Wednesday that there can be no constitutional protections for interstate marijuana commerce because the drug is federally illegal.
April 16, 2021
Oklahoma's medical marijuana regulators have pushed back on a Washington state-based pot company's renewed attempt to challenge the Sooner State's licensing laws, saying the claims should be tossed again because marijuana is federally illegal.
March 18, 2021
An Oklahoma federal judge threw out a lawsuit challenging the state's residency requirement for its medical marijuana license holders, saying Wednesday the state is protected from the lawsuit by the Eleventh Amendment.
January 19, 2021
A Washington state cannabis company trying to break into the Oklahoma medical marijuana market told a federal judge Tuesday that the U.S. Constitution's dormant commerce clause preempts the state's residency rules, and that officials were muddying the waters by invoking the drug's federal illegality.
December 22, 2020
The state of Oklahoma has defended its residency requirements for medical pot licenses, saying there are no protections for interstate marijuana commerce under the U.S. Constitution because the drug is federally illegal.
November 25, 2020
A Washington state-based marijuana company has asked an Oklahoma federal judge to find that the Sooner State's residency requirements for cannabis business licenses are unconstitutional, saying they discriminate against out-of-staters.
August 18, 2020
A Washington state-based marijuana company has sued the state of Oklahoma over its residency requirements for cannabis business licenses, arguing the law unconstitutionally discriminates against out-of-staters.